Design Movie Ticket Booking System
| Difficulty: Hard | Source: awesome-low-level-design |
Requirements
- View movies in different theaters
- Select movie, theater, showtime
- Display seating, choose seats
- Make payment and confirm
- Handle concurrent bookings, real-time seat updates
- Different seat types and pricing
- Admin management of movies/shows
- Scalable
Class Diagram
Classes, Interfaces and Enumerations
| Class/Interface | Description |
|---|---|
| Movie | Id, title, description, duration |
| Theater | Id, name, location, shows list |
| Show | Id, movie, theater, start/end time, seat map |
| Seat | Id, row, column, type, price, status |
| SeatType | Enum: normal, premium |
| SeatStatus | Enum: available, booked |
| Booking | Id, user, show, seats, total price, status |
| BookingStatus | Enum: pending, confirmed, cancelled |
| User | Id, name, email |
| MovieTicketBookingSystem | Singleton; ConcurrentHashMap |
Design Patterns Used
| Pattern | Application |
|---|---|
| Singleton | MovieTicketBookingSystem ensures centralized booking coordination and prevents double-booking of seats |
Code Implementations
| Language | Source Code |
|---|---|
| Java | View on GitHub |
| Python | View on GitHub |
| C++ | View on GitHub |
| C# | View on GitHub |
| Go | View on GitHub |